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Definition of Overprizing
1. overprize [v] - See also: overprize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overprizing
Literary usage of Overprizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"I.—The true value of a friend; and thf fault of overprizing him. Thou hast lost
thy friend: the sorrow is just; the earth hath nothing more precious than ..."
2. Heroines of Fiction by William Dean Howells (1903)
"he had many trials which she bore with sweetness ai blessings were mainly from
her with little, and of overprizing auj i Jid her, ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1848)
"The letter is oddly writ, overprizing his present, and little owning any past
services of mine. I confess I had expectations of a better account from him of ..."
4. Resolves, divine, moral, political by Owen Felltham (1840)
"... incite and encourage me to a closer pursuit of more noble virtue: not like
Bucephalus trappings, blow me up in a higher conceit of overprizing my own ..."
5. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1848)
"... lordship all humble acknowledgment for a wilful, or rather, willing error of
yours, in so overprizing the poor endeavours of your unprofitable servant. ..."
6. Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys (1905)
"The letter is oddly writ, overprizing his present, and little owning any past
services of mine. I confess I had expectations of a better account troin him ..."
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